Jimmy Kimmel 'meets' and punches buyer of $131K Harambe-shaped Cheeto

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel has channelled public scorn towards the “buyer” of a very expensive Cheeto in the shape of late Gorilla Harambe with a swift right hook.

The skit, which aired on late-night US talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, features Kimmel meeting “lawyer Greg Bucai” – the Los Angeles man purportedly responsible for spending US$99,900 (A$131,016) as part of an online auction for the cheese-flavoured snack.

“You paid a $100,000 for this?” Kimmel asks as the pair approach a shelf where the Cheeto is resting.

“I did, I’m very proud of it,” Mr Bucai replies, before he is interrupted by a punch in the face.

With Mr Bucai incapacitated, Kimmel proceeds to eat the unusually-shaped Flamin’ Hot Cheeto before strolling out of the office.

The skit – prefaced by the question “what kind of person would buy this?” – has since been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.

An eBay ad for the Cheeto, shaped after a US gorilla killed last year, managed to rack up 132 bids before it was sold early Tuesday morning for the staggering sum.